What I'd like to see are some hard scientific studies on whether vim, emacs or something like eclipse with pydev are more productive for python. I have a strong

What I'd like to see are some hard scientific studies on whether vim, emacs or something like eclipse with pydev are more productive for python. I have a strong feeling that people who emphasize on the editor so much are missing the point: programming is not about the editor. It's about your inner design process.